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It's Getting Boring by the Sea [TFTD LP]

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    The first couple of missions went surprisingly well, but it's only a matter of time before this turns into a...

    Blood Ocean

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    smof wrote: »
    Well, we may have lost a soldier, but look on the bright side! I now have six more alien corpses and one human corpse to dissect. Doesn't that just make it all worth it?
    Well, since crewman whatshisname got blown up by a grenade, I'm sure his remains are of more value to weapons research rather than xenobiology.

    At first, anyway.
    You wish. I'm fairly certain the cafeteria has first dibs on any crew members that come back in pieces.

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  • Smaug6Smaug6 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Docken wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »

    Staleghoti
    Tommy2hands
    EnglishBob
    Valvejunkie
    Nocren
    and
    Docken

    you have all expressed interest in fieldwork in the past. If you still wish to join, knowing the risks, respond immediately.

    If not, those lower on the list will be contacted.

    Reporting for duty Sir!

    Just need to triple my life insurance and I will be on the first USO headed to base...

    I don't think anyone would be willing to insure you. I mean the premium alone per month would probably be the value of the insurance policy.

    However, you might be able to take out an extremely high life annuity that terminates on death for a pittance.

    Smaug6 on
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  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    see317 wrote: »
    smof wrote: »
    Well, we may have lost a soldier, but look on the bright side! I now have six more alien corpses and one human corpse to dissect. Doesn't that just make it all worth it?
    Well, since crewman whatshisname got blown up by a grenade, I'm sure his remains are of more value to weapons research rather than xenobiology.

    At first, anyway.
    You wish. I'm fairly certain the cafeteria has first dibs on any crew members that come back in pieces.

    Well it's hard to get mammal meat at the bottom of the ocean, they gotta take what they can get.

    smof on
  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    smof wrote: »
    see317 wrote: »
    smof wrote: »
    Well, we may have lost a soldier, but look on the bright side! I now have six more alien corpses and one human corpse to dissect. Doesn't that just make it all worth it?
    Well, since crewman whatshisname got blown up by a grenade, I'm sure his remains are of more value to weapons research rather than xenobiology.

    At first, anyway.
    You wish. I'm fairly certain the cafeteria has first dibs on any crew members that come back in pieces.

    Well it's hard to get mammal meat at the bottom of the ocean, they gotta take what they can get.

    Yeah, you really want to piss off the funding board, let them know we ate a half dozen dolphins last month because we were tired of freeze-dried cardboard.

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  • Rhan9Rhan9 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    see317 wrote: »
    smof wrote: »
    see317 wrote: »
    smof wrote: »
    Well, we may have lost a soldier, but look on the bright side! I now have six more alien corpses and one human corpse to dissect. Doesn't that just make it all worth it?
    Well, since crewman whatshisname got blown up by a grenade, I'm sure his remains are of more value to weapons research rather than xenobiology.

    At first, anyway.
    You wish. I'm fairly certain the cafeteria has first dibs on any crew members that come back in pieces.

    Well it's hard to get mammal meat at the bottom of the ocean, they gotta take what they can get.

    Yeah, you really want to piss off the funding board, let them know we ate a half dozen dolphins last month because we were tired of freeze-dried cardboard.

    Dolphins don't dive this deep. Now, whales and walruses on the other hand...

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  • Smaug6Smaug6 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I've also heard reports from the science division that our efforts to harnass giant squid as attack animals failed miserably. The conversion of one submersible bay as a giant deep fryer for calimari rings set back interceptor operations for weeks. And, we have no more cooking oil or flour.

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    As Staleghoti and Tommy 2 hands have proven unable to fulfill the duties offered in a timely matter, the positions have opened.

    BloodySloth
    Phoenix-D

    You have 24 hours to respond if you are still interested in a field posting. In the event that they also fail to respond, the positions will be given to the first to respond.

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  • CheeselikerCheeseliker Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Um, I signed up but my names not on the list. Just wondering. It'd take awhile to get to me anyways.

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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Um, I signed up but my names not on the list. Just wondering. It'd take awhile to get to me anyways.

    Sorry about that.

    Corrected.

    And a reminder. I need confirmations on the two remaining ground trooper slots.

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  • BloodySlothBloodySloth Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    As Staleghoti and Tommy 2 hands have proven unable to fulfill the duties offered in a timely matter, the positions have opened.

    BloodySloth
    Phoenix-D

    You have 24 hours to respond if you are still interested in a field posting. In the event that they also fail to respond, the positions will be given to the first to respond.

    Reporting in! I am excited to kill me some fishmen.

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  • DeciusDecius I'm old! I'm fat! I'M BLUE!Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    As Staleghoti and Tommy 2 hands have proven unable to fulfill the duties offered in a timely matter, the positions have opened.

    BloodySloth
    Phoenix-D

    You have 24 hours to respond if you are still interested in a field posting. In the event that they also fail to respond, the positions will be given to the first to respond.

    Reporting in! I am excited to be killed by some lobstermen.

    FTFY. These opening sorties have been too easy.

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  • BloodySlothBloodySloth Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Decius wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    As Staleghoti and Tommy 2 hands have proven unable to fulfill the duties offered in a timely matter, the positions have opened.

    BloodySloth
    Phoenix-D

    You have 24 hours to respond if you are still interested in a field posting. In the event that they also fail to respond, the positions will be given to the first to respond.

    Reporting in! I am excited to be killed by some lobstermen.

    FTFY. These opening sorties have been too easy.

    Let me keep my optimism. I know all too well what a tremendous bitch TFTD can be.

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  • Phoenix-DPhoenix-D Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Reporting for lobster frying!

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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    huh, i'm like second from the top of the list now. Suddenly my sense of mortality is over whelming.

    Melding on
  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Melding wrote: »
    huh, i'm like second from the top of the list now. Suddenly my sense of mortality is over whelming.
    If you die in the Let's Play thread, you die in real life.
    count down till that's an actual movie pitch: 3...2...

    see317 on
  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Guess i better just Stay Alive.

    Melding on
  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Acheron Base Mission Briefing-
    x-i clearance or above


    Previously, we had assumed the enemy was conducting the same activities we were, essentially. Salvage, surveillance, and termination of any parties interfering with the previous two.

    Today, we received scattered images from an island vacation resort near England. It appears a craft similar to those we have been dealing with briefly appearing. Shortly after, all contact was lost.

    This will not be a rescue mission. We are not equipped to take on the enemy if they have moved into open war. We will touch down, assess the situation, capture any specialized equipment possible, and evacuate, passing the information to the surface X-Com branch.

    Don't be a hero. Just get back alive with information and, if possible, live specimens or advanced technology.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Oh god, Terror Mission. Good knowing you all Ground Team 1.

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  • DockenDocken Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Acheron Base Mission Briefing-
    x-i clearance or above


    Previously, we had assumed the enemy was conducting the same activities we were, essentially. Salvage, surveillance, and termination of any parties interfering with the previous two.

    Today, we received scattered images from an island vacation resort near England. It appears a craft similar to those we have been dealing with briefly appearing. Shortly after, all contact was lost.

    This will not be a rescue mission. We are not equipped to take on the enemy if they have moved into open war. We will touch down, assess the situation, capture any specialized equipment possible, and evacuate, passing the information to the surface X-Com branch.

    Don't be a hero. Just get back alive with information and, if possible, live specimens or advanced technology.


    Oh great I get to die on my first mission.

    So help me god if we land and its night time...

    Docken on
  • AnteAnte Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I'm 20 deaths away from starting up... I reckon two of these terror missions should do it.

    Ante on
  • Virgil_Leads_YouVirgil_Leads_You Proud Father House GardenerRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Try not to die!
    Who knows, maybe you will save the life of a cute British lass.
    Some of you dudes could wind up getting laid!

    Virgil_Leads_You on
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  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Docken wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Acheron Base Mission Briefing-
    x-i clearance or above


    Previously, we had assumed the enemy was conducting the same activities we were, essentially. Salvage, surveillance, and termination of any parties interfering with the previous two.

    Today, we received scattered images from an island vacation resort near England. It appears a craft similar to those we have been dealing with briefly appearing. Shortly after, all contact was lost.

    This will not be a rescue mission. We are not equipped to take on the enemy if they have moved into open war. We will touch down, assess the situation, capture any specialized equipment possible, and evacuate, passing the information to the surface X-Com branch.

    Don't be a hero. Just get back alive with information and, if possible, live specimens or advanced technology.


    Oh great I get to die on my first mission.

    So help me god if we land and its night time...

    Not quite.

    You, Phoenix, and Sloth are not deploying on the current assignment.

    Consider it a brief reprieve.

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  • BloodySlothBloodySloth Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Welp

    I feel fine about that.

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    If this level of tactical success continues, by the time I get to suit up I'll just be a mid-game redshirt, only usable for scouting out enemy locations and soaking up hits to protect the valuable guys.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    If this level of tactical success continues, by the time I get to suit up I'll just be a mid-game redshirt, only usable for scouting out enemy locations and soaking up hits to protect the valuable guys.

    Don't worry, this is where everyone dies quickly.

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  • 13thLegion13thLegion Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    If this level of tactical success continues, by the time I get to suit up I'll just be a mid-game redshirt, only usable for scouting out enemy locations and soaking up hits to protect the valuable guys.

    Don't worry, this is where everyone dies quickly.

    And by quickly, he means immediately.

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    You guys are buzzkills! We get to go out, shoot some goddamn lobstermen, and have a great time! Risk of death? Pshaw! We rock!

    Rainfall on
  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    ...

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  • DockenDocken Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Not quite.

    You, Phoenix, and Sloth are not deploying on the current assignment.

    Consider it a brief reprieve.

    Welp

    I feel fine about that.

    Ok BloodySloth meet me in the rec room first round's on me!

    "Come to X-Com, do shots whilst everybody else dies horribly at night in a building somewhere."

    Docken on
  • Mr RayMr Ray Sarcasm sphereRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Phoenix-D wrote: »
    Reporting for lobster frying!

    In Soviet Ocean, Lobster fries YOU!

    (I also don't seem to be on the list, I know I'm currently in the much more important position of morale officer, but I'll be happy to relinquish that when my turn comes around to fight our delicious oppressors!)

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  • WotanAnubisWotanAnubis Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Don't be a hero. Just get back alive with information and, if possible, live specimens or advanced technology.
    I would just like to take a moment to remind everyone that the capture of live specimens really should be the top priority here. They make for much better study subjects, after all.

    And the more we know about these invaders, the easier it will be [strike]to create a Frankensteinian monstrosity out of their tortured remains[/strike] to kill them quickly and efficiently in the future.

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  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Don't be a hero. Just get back alive with information and, if possible, live specimens or advanced technology.
    I would just like to take a moment to remind everyone that the capture of live specimens really should be the top priority here. They make for much better study subjects, after all.

    And the more we know about these invaders, the easier it will be [strike]to create a Frankensteinian monstrosity out of their tortured remains[/strike] to kill them quickly and efficiently in the future.

    First on the list should be to study the effects of delicious drawn butter on the flesh of our recently-fallen enemies.

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  • Mr RayMr Ray Sarcasm sphereRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Bursar wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Don't be a hero. Just get back alive with information and, if possible, live specimens or advanced technology.
    I would just like to take a moment to remind everyone that the capture of live specimens really should be the top priority here. They make for much better study subjects, after all.

    And the more we know about these invaders, the easier it will be [strike]to create a Frankensteinian monstrosity out of their tortured remains[/strike] to kill them quickly and efficiently in the future.

    First on the list should be to study the effects of delicious drawn butter on the flesh of our recently-fallen enemies.

    I am currently conducting a similar study on a piece of Aquatoid flesh I managed to... recover... from our corpse-freezer. Not as easy as it sounds; turns out the fuckers have very little meat on those spindly little arms.

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  • Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Docken wrote: »
    chiasaur11 wrote: »
    Not quite.

    You, Phoenix, and Sloth are not deploying on the current assignment.

    Consider it a brief reprieve.

    Welp

    I feel fine about that.

    Ok BloodySloth meet me in the rec room first round's on me!

    "Come to X-Com, do shots whilst everybody else dies horribly at night in a building somewhere."

    I'll come along. I can show you rooks a couple neat tricks that involve a small amount of liquor, an understanding of the effects of the base's pressurisation on the human bloodstream and an acute knowledge of exactly what frequency of electromagnetism is needed to make the liquid in the glass float about one foot above the bar.

    Let me just get some of my equipment. I assure you it's almost entirely safe.

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  • ImperfectImperfect Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Melding wrote: »
    Guess i better just Stay Alive.

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  • Iron WeaselIron Weasel Dillon! You son of a bitch!Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    TFTD Terror Missions were always such bullshit. At least it's not a cruise ship!

    Good luck, Alpha Team - you'll need it!

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    The islands are easy.

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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Get in there and give them hell. If you gotta die though, do it in the most heroic way the situation allows.

    Melding on
  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Melding wrote: »
    Get in there and give them hell. If you gotta die though, do it in the most heroic way the situation allows.

    Everyone gets a primed plasma grenade in their backpack, so you're sure to go out with a bang.

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